"The Beverly Hillbillies" Audition for the Theater

MAIN CAST She is a spry and snippy elderly lady. She is wise in the way of life in the Ozark Mountains. The younguns “jump” when she gives commands! Much of the comedy in this play rides on her shoulders.

MAIN CAST He is the patriarch of this family. An easy-going mountaineer/farmer. Father to Ellie, he is a widower. Completely honest and well-meaning. Sometimes pulls rank on Granny, when needed.

MAIN CAST Jed’s daughter is a real “tomboy”. She is completely unaware of her beautiful face and figure. She can work, hunt, and wrestle with the best of them. (Just ask Jethro.)

MAIN CAST Cousin to Elly May, Jethro moves to “Californy” with the Clampetts because he owns a jalopy truck. He has a driver’s license and a sixth-grade education. A very muscular man of 19 or 20 years. Fantastically strong and not too bright, he thinks he is sophisticated because of his “schoolin'”. The audience will love this character!

SUPPORTING CAST His is a dignified, rather stuffy man of middle age. He is president of a Beverly Hills bank. Wants to keep the Clampetts happy so they keep their millions in his bank.

SUPPORTING CAST Wife of Mr. Drysdale, a fussy, snobish social matron. Always over-dressed, she is embarrassed by the Clampetts.

SUPPORTING CAST Mr. Drysdale’s secretary, she dresses conservatively. She does Drysdale’s dirty work, but is protective of the Clampetts, especially Jethro.

SUPPORTING CAST The head of the Pennyweather Academy. She is a commanding woman.

SUPPORTING CAST He is a mousy young man and an English instructor at his mother’s school.

SUPPORTING CAST She is a pretty teenager, president of the Student Council at Pennyweather Academy.

SUPPORTING CAST A student at Pennyweather Academy, she is attractive in an intellectual way. She plays tennis.

SUPPORTING CAST She is a hill girl, and wears hill country clothes. When she speaks, she is pure backwoods (or is she??!).

SUPPORTING CAST The Colonel is a charming, elderly Southern gentleman, larcenous to the core.

SUPPORTING CAST An elegant Beverly Hills society lady.

SUPPORTING CAST They are an elegant couple. He is the president of a shipping company.

SUPPORTING CAST A very swingy chick who talks in a kind of rhythmic pattern, constantly snapping her fingers and swinging to her own drummer.

SUPPORTING CAST He is a nice-looking young man, not too large, physically.

RELATIVES OF THE CLAMPETTS

PENNYWEATHER ACADEMY

EMPLOYEES OF MIDLAND OIL

EMPLOYEES OF MIDLAND OIL